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CABIMAS, Venezuela Β βΒ The pumps that brought prosperity from deep in the Earthβs crust are now mostly rusted relics of a storied past. The buildings that housed a prideful labor force are vandalized, colonized by squatters or boarded up. The schools, clinics, the manicured golf course β onetime amenities from an industry awash in petrodollars β…
As a psychologist in the occupied West Bank, I have spent my career sitting across from children carrying burdens no child should ever know β lives shaped not by playgrounds or classrooms, but by constant fear. I recognize that fear because I lived it myself. I remember when I was less than 5 years old,…
SACRAMENTOΒ βΒ Gov. Gavin Newsom told world leaders Friday that President Trumpβs retreat from efforts to combat climate change would decimate the U.S. automobile industry and surrender the future economic viability to China and other nations embracing the transition to renewable energy. Newsom, appearing at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, urged diplomats, business leaders and policy…
Nancy Guthrie had been missing less than three days when family members and reporters, and even an Amazon delivery worker, could be seen wandering onto her property, with drops of her blood still staining the front entryway. Itβs been nearly two weeks since the 84-year-old mother of βTodayβ host Savannah Guthrie was abducted. With no…
Authorities served a search warrant at a home in Tucson on Friday night in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, who investigators say was kidnapped from her nearby home 13 days ago. A SWAT team converged on a house about two miles from Guthrieβs Arizona residence and removed two people from inside, law enforcement…
The leaders of seven states announced Friday, one day before a Trump administration deadline, that there is still no deal to share the diminishing waters of the Colorado River. That leaves the Southwest in a quagmire with uncertain repercussions while the riverβs depleted reservoirs continue to decline. Former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said in…
AL KAWD, Yemen Β βΒ In the cramped examination room of this tiny village clinic, Rania Moussa lay on her side and covered her eyes with a pillow, her slight, childlike-frame belying the fact she is 13 years old. It had been days since she had taken an injection of the powerful antibiotics she needs to manage…
A federal judge on Thursday blocked a Trump administration order slashing $600 million in federal grant funding for HIV programs in California and three other states, finding merit in the statesβ argument that the move was politically motivated by disagreements over unrelated state sanctuary policies. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah, an Obama appointee in Illinois,…
Investigators trying to find Nancy Guthrie are posed with a daunting but familiar challenge in law enforcement: how to identify a masked person. Authorities got a huge break on Tuesday with the release of footage of an armed individual wearing a balaclava, gloves and a backpack approaching the front door of Guthrieβs Arizona home and…
California and three other states sued the Trump administration Wednesday over its plans to slash $600 million from programs designed to prevent and track the spread of HIV, including in the LGBTQ+ community β arguing the move is based on βpolitical animus and disagreements about unrelated topics such as federal immigration enforcement, political protest, and…